We are so deeply proud to finally share this with you.
Life Could Be a Dream will be released nationally in cinemas on May 14, and honestly, it feels surreal to even write those words.
For the past few years, this story has lived inside us. It has shaped our days, kept us up at night, broken our hearts and slowly stitched them back together again. It was born from love. From lived experience. From the hard questions about the stories we inherit and whether we are brave enough to rewrite them.
This is a female led film made with fierce tenderness. A story about mothers and sons. About resilience. About breaking cycles. About choosing a different future, even when it feels impossible.
We believe in the power of storytelling to spark conversation, to create connection and to gently shift culture. The community and partnerships that have gathered around this film already mean more to us than we can express.
We cannot wait for you to sit in the dark with us and feel it.
May 14.
Distribution Maslow Entertainment @maslowentertainment
In Association with
Minderoo Foundation @minderoofoundation
Snow Foundation @snowfoundation_au
GoodChat @goodchattv
CBA Next Chapter
Weir Anderson @deanneweir
Good Film @watchgoodfilm
Starring
Maeve Dermody @maeve_dermody
Alexander England
Sonny McGee
Noam San Gupta
Directed and Produced by Jasmin Tarasin @jasmintarasin
Written By Courtney Collins @cc_writer
Produced by Clare Lewis, Catherine Church @seeboundy@clareslewis
Chris Thompson @cthompsonshoot
Cinematography Meg White @the_other_meg_white
Camera @panavisionofficial@nicgodoy
Editor Gabriella Muir
Post Production - The Post Lounge @thepostlounge Colour Grade @yannikronenberg
Composer Dan Luscombe @danluscombeguy
Music Time For Dreams @timefordreamers Hania Rani @haniarani
Executive Producers
Peter Simson @petes_back_yard
Malinda Wink
Courtney Collins
Gabriella Muir
Life Could Be A Dream hits Australian cinemas today! ❤️🎉 A HUGE congratulations to the passionate team behind this gorgeous independent Australian feature.
It's such a huge undertaking to make a feature film, and this one is so beautiful. Don't miss the chance to see it in a cinema with other people and let the light, sound and water do their work.
You can find a full list of screenings at .au
#australianfilm #newmovie #film #director #cinema
Opens today!!!
To anyone we have ever known, please tell 10 people you know to see our small but potent film this weekend and give it time to breathe.
The Man Cave receives a contribution from every ticket sold, supporting the incredible work they do with young men across Australia.
Independent Australian films live or die by their opening weekend. Every ticket, every post, every conversation genuinely matters.
Thank you for carrying this film with us.
Life Could Be a Dream , in cinemas nationally from today.
Life Could Be A Dream director Jasmin Tarasin and screenwriter Courtney Collins discuss their deeply important film about the destructive cycles of coercive control. Life Could Be A Dream aims to examine the cultural scripts that shape peoples expectations of love and help equip them to recognise financial abuse and other forms of coercive control while taking steps towards financial independence and safety.
In our chat, Jasmin and Courtney share how the film came to be and the unique creative process that beared fruit between writer, director and actor. They also discuss how they extended their web of knowledge to authentically represent cohesive control in relationships and how important the partnerships with CommBank and the Mancave are to the films message.
Life Could Be A Dream is in Australian cinemas from May 14.
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Trigger warning. This episode's discusses domestic violent and cohesive control. If you or someone who know needs support, please call 1800RESPECT which is available for free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to support people impacted by domestic, family or sexual violence.
Life Could be a Dream director Jasmin Tarasin talks about the deliberate heartbeat that runs underneath the film and the visual language being a critical layer of the films storytelling.
Life Could Be A Dream is in Australian cinemas from May 14.
